Finally finished Dark Souls, an incredible game that I totally recommend to ranyone that wants a rproper challenge. Bosses and levels are ranked in rorder of difficulty, levels don't take the boss rinto account

Sen's Fortress - this probably wouldn't be nearly as high if I hadn't started it at the point in the game when the Drake Sword
becomes pretty useless, so it was filled with REALLY hard enemies and horrific traps. The bonfire took forever to get to and
there were 100000 ways to die before I got to it. There are some awesome items to get here (Lightning Spear, loads of cool
rings)

New Londo Ruins - even with Artorias' Greatsword, the ghosts make this very difficult and after the ghosts, the Darkwraith
Knights are even worse. It would probably be ok if there was a bonfire, but there's only so many times you can run here from
Firelink Shrine before it becomes really tedious

Anor Londo - one of my favourite levels, mainly because it looks so beautiful, but it's not easy. The part when you run past the
two knights with monster bows to get to a bonfire took me ages and ages and ages and ages to finish, and the rest of it has
tricky enemies. Fortunately you kill that bastard Lautrec here

Blighttown - a real step up from the Depths; all the enemies here are tricky, it's very easy to get poisoned or to fall to your
death, the swamp at the bottom is very hard to navigate and getting in or out via the moving wheel is seriously hard

Lost Izalith - perhaps my least favourite level, maybe because of the giant legs a the start that take FOREVER to kill, maybe
because there's another horde of fire breathing statues, maybe because the bonfires are placed very sparsely, maybe because
the titanite demon is even harder than the other ones, AND respawns, and maybe because you kill Solaire here and he's
awesome; all in all, not fun at all

Demon Ruins - so many reasons to hate this, whether it's the multitude of capra demons, the lava all over the place, the hive of
fire breathing statues that are impossible to take out en masse or fact that it looks seriously intimidating. Fortunately, there's
always a bonfire nearby so it could be worse

Depths - this is mainly so high because of the tunnels with curse frogs everywhere, getting cursed is frighteningly easy and the
way out is really hard to find. Slime falling from the ceiling is bloody annoying too

Tomb of Giants - dark, tough enemies and fatal drops all over the place, this is a serious bitch especially if you don't know
where you're going, but the baby skeletons are an incredible way to get humanity

The Duke's Archives - probably my favourite level in the game; quite tricky with loads of strong crystal warriors and mages, plus
a garden full of crystal giants. The part when you escape from jail is one of the best in the whole game

Ornstein and Smough - hardest boss without a doubt, every mistake can lead to instant death, killing one of them at the start
whilst avoiding the other is tough work and then killing the strengthened version is even worse and takes ages

Chaos Witch Quelaag - I can't see how anyone could fight her without the NPC you summon; she deals serious damage and
chases you so much that it's impossible to turn around and get a hit in, plus her magic attack is lethal

Capra Demon - this wouldn't be anywhere near as hard if it was in an easier area; as it is you're in an enclosed space and have
to deal with poison dogs as well, so the fight can easily end in about 5 seconds

The Bed of Chaos - different from all the other bosses in that you don't fight it directly; you weaken it and then kill in one hit.
I found it really frustrating because getting onto the root that leads to its heart was a bitch, especially when he swept me
aside

i got to sens fortress the first time WITHOUT the drake sword, but got FUCKING TIRED OF DRYING EVER 5 MINUTES literally so..

yeah... started the game over again, reading gamefaqs every step of the way. picked up the drake sword (which makes the first half of the game TOO easy, btw) made a lightning iato for my my dex build and finally beat the game.

I feel bad for 'cheating' this game but still, i've enjoyed every second of the last 5 playthroughs without faqs. I couldn't imagine trying this game without a walk through

I've just downloaded the new DLC for this and it's amazing, by the way the dogs in Lower Undead Burg aren't poisonous, they inflict bleed. Gwyns a pussy, you can just parry his attacks and he's as good as dead. I'd say bed of chaos or Four Kings are the most frustrating. Also fuck Tomb of the Giants, hate that area with a passion, too dark even with sunlight maggot and fuck those giant dogs.

The most troublesome part for me was getting past those two knights with the bows in Anor Londo. Other than that, I didn't think it was that hard. I didn't discover the painted world until my 3rd play through.

I need to try a pure archer build next. Most of the time I make a brute or a sorcerer type in games like this.

My least favorite place was definitely the Tomb of the Giants. I hate not being able to see where I'm going and then walking into one of those skeletal dragons. My favorite place would have to be Anor Londo, to be honest, even though I hate those two knights with a passion. It just looks so massive and cool.

My favorite place is probably Anor Londo even though I love so many of them. Least favorite is probably Tomb of the Giants. That place is just hard enough even without the who lack of light issue thing. Favorite boss is either Bert and Ernie or Stray Demon or Sif. They were all a blast to fight.

And Quelaag is an easy boss in terms of avoiding her attacks and predictability. Much in the same way Giant Ornstein needs to be fought, stick close to her and jump away before she does her explosion attack.

So I've had this game for months and never gotten to...the second boss. I can't remember what it's called. It's not that I've failed a million times; it's just that, leading up to him, I get discouraged half the time and, well, I dunno. I'm not a great gamer but I'm alright; so does anybody have any tips for how to do well on a first playthrough/how to learn the game properly/etc?

Huh. Well I've got this backlog of like five or six games I own that I need to play through and beat before I can justify buying GTA 5...I guess Dark Souls will hold me back for the foreseeable future.